Mumbai: Uddhav arrives at Sena Bhawan to hold meeting with party leaders

Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday arrived at Sena Bhawan in Mumbai to hold a meeting with party leadersAccording to sources the meeting will be attended by several other office bearers of the party Thackeray will hold discussions ranging from Supreme Courts decision to other groundrelated issuesThe Supreme Court last week held that former Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was not justified to call for a floor test based on the request of the Eknath Shinde faction since he did not have enough objective material before him to conclude that the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had lost the confidence of the HouseA fivejudge Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices MR Shah Justice Krishna Murari Justice Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha said it could not disqualify the Eknath Shindeled Maharashtra government and reinstate Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minster because the latter had chosen to resign instead of facing a test of strength in the AssemblyThe court said the political imbroglio in Maharashtra arose as a result of party differences within the Shiv SenaHowever the floor test cannot be used as a medium to resolve internal party disputes or intraparty disputes Dissent and disagreement within a political party must be resolved in accordance with the remedies prescribed under the party constitution or through any other methods that the party chooses to opt for the bench heldAlso readThane Crime Case against 36yearold policeman for seeking Rs 1 lakh bribeThere is a marked difference between a party not supporting a government and individuals within a party expressing their discontent with their party leadership and functioningIt further said that the Governor is the titular head of the State government and he is a constitutional functionary who derives his authority from the ConstitutionThis being the case the Governor must be cognisant of the constitutional bounds of the power vested in him He cannot exercise a power that is not conferred on him by the Constitution or a law made under it the top court saidThe apex courts judgement came on a batch of petitions filed by rival groups of the Shiv Sena in relation to the Maharashtra political crisisThe apex court further said that the Speaker must decide on disqualification petitions within a reasonable timeIn August last year the top courts threejudge bench had referred to a fivejudge Constitution bench the issues involved in the petition filed by rival groups of Shiv Sena in relation to the Maharashtra political crisisOn June 29 2022 the top court gave a goahead to the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on June 30 It had refused to stay the Maharashtra Governors direction to the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove his majority support on the floor of the House on June 30After the apex courts order Uddhav Thackeray announced his resignation as the Chief Minister and Eknath Shinde was later sworn in as the Chief MinisterThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever